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What Did the Artemis II Crew Give to President Trump?

Trump honored Artemis II astronauts with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor before a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

  • On Friday, President Donald Trump traveled to Texas to award the Congressional Space Medal to the Artemis team ahead of a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
  • The crowd remained silent during Trump's speech, which drew immediate mockery; one poster described it as "Just a brutally awkward speech that is going over like farts in church."
  • Torabi captured Trump claiming credit for the Space Force, saying, "Don't forget I was the one that gave you Space Force," while Fox News cut coverage as he rambled about Democrats.
  • Former Rep Joe Walsh denounced the speech, saying, "He dirties, he corrupts, he sullies," while Republicans Against Trump stated he is "out of touch with ordinary Americans."
  • Jim Stewartson, who writes "The Mind War," quipped that Trump's "alternate reality is clashing mightily with the actual human beings who still work at NASA." Ron Shillman remarked astronauts train for the "boredom of space.
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During a Nasa visit, US President Trump praises the Artemis-2 crew. New professionals are to be trained in a space academy, which is also used by the US military. The US is once again striving for a manned moon landing.

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On Friday, American President Donald Trump decorated the astronauts of the Artemis II space mission, who flew around the moon in April 2026 and then dropped the record distance to Earth set by their predecessors of the Apollo monthly program, AFP reports, according to Agerpres.

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(Agenzia Vista) Houston, Texas, USA August 28, 2026 "Mr. President, when we were in your office and you were so kind to us, filling us with gifts and devoting so much of your time, we had mentioned the idea of giving you one of these blue flight jackets." So the astronaut Victor Glover while delivering Trump a personalized Nasa jacket. Courtesy: White House Source: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev

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What did the Artemis II crew give to President Trump?

President Trump honors the Artemis II crew, unveils a US Space Academy, and receives a NASA flight jacket.

·Denver, United States
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CNN Brasil broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Friday, August 28, 2026.
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